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After Hot Mic Moment, Democrats Rush To Save Sixteen-Term Rep From Getting AOC’d

Eric Quintanar
After Hot Mic Moment, Democrats Rush To Save Sixteen-Term Rep From Getting AOC’d
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Longtime Democratic politicians have been rushing to save sixteen-term Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) from primary challenger Jamaal Bowman, a left-wing-backed candidate who is now polling ten points higher than Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

While Bowman has been endorsed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Engel has racked up a litany of endorsements from establishment Democrats. In the last few days alone, these endorsements include House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

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